“Song of my mother” won the Golden Olive Tree as the story unfolds with clarity and apparent simplicity. Through a comparison between an elderly mother dreaming of going back to her home village and her urbanised son, the film succeeds in portraying, with great sensitivity, social and existential conflicts of a country that is undergoing unstoppable changes amidst contradictions.

For the sensitive, attentive story, never shallow or banal, about a complex life phase such as the transition to adolescence; for the confident and free performance of its very young actors; for theconscious and harmonious use of shooting tools and for its different and evocative film language, already partly mature, the short film “La Baracca” by Alessandro De Leo and Federico di Corato is awarded the third edition Emidio Greco Award, hoping to see soon other film works like this.

Destination de Dieu by Andrea Gadaleta Caldarola won Puglia Show : the film deals with a topical issue that has occupied the foreground of public debate for years but that remains unresolved, through its piercing look that troubles consciences.

Special mention to Cala Paura by Gianluca Marinelli for its originality and visual quality, its experimental ambition and expressive force within a dialogue between mankind and nature.